https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj Study Guide Questions en-us 2021-12-08 14:55:46 UTC 2022-11-06 15:22:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936113038 It allows the author to tell what was going on and how people felt better through visuals, but it makes it a lot harder to show dialogue, so you miss out on a lot of words that help tell the story.]]> 2021-12-08 15:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936113038 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936117409 Her picture was published by a journalist at a demonstration; probably to show the world that people were protesting. Her mother was very scared after it was published and she changed her hair and wore glasses for a while. She did this because it was dangerous to protest but it was more dangerous if you were seen as one of the faces of the demonstrations.]]> 2021-12-08 15:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936117409 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936119545 Marji wrote letters for Mehri for six months. The letters would go to her fiancé. Marji wrote the letters because Mehri was a maid and couldn't read or write.]]> 2021-12-08 15:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936119545 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936121624 They faced oppression from their own emperors, the Arabs to the west, the Mongolians from the east, Imperialism.]]> 2021-12-08 15:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936121624 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936122874 Marji’s grandmother responds initially to her questions by ignoring them. But then does tell Marji what is was like being poor, and how hard ruling the shahs were.]]> 2021-12-08 15:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936122874 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936123370 She decided that she wanted to be a prophet.]]> 2021-12-08 15:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936123370 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936125618 They are revolutionaries who are against capitalism. In monopoly, the goal is to become the richest capitalist by buying, renting, and selling property, which they stand against.]]> 2021-12-08 15:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936125618 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936126124 The novel takes place in 1976-1994

]]> 2021-12-08 15:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936126124 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936128043 Ali Ashard Davishian was Marji's favorite author. His favorite subject matter was the difference between social classes.]]> 2021-12-08 15:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936128043 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936129138 The revolution is like a bicycle when the wheels don’t turn it falls- this is saying if not everyone is supporting the revolution it will fall, like a bike when the wheels aren’t turning. If not everyone is supporting it, it won’t move it will fail. ]]> 2021-12-08 15:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936129138 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936130693 He was an uneducated, low ranking officer who was not specialized in political ordeals or intellectual thinking.]]> 2021-12-08 15:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936130693 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936132223 Marjane's family is very modern.  Marjane feels, from a young age a sense of social and cultural responsibility that urges her to be a part of her parent's and everyone around her’s struggle. She sees and hears a need for change and she wants to do anything she can to help.

]]> 2021-12-08 15:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936132223 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936133480 Cyrus was one of the greatest rulers ever who was in a important Bible story and a part of Irans history. He made Persia by connecting Medes and the Persians two Iranian tribes and was the first Achaemenid Emperor.]]> 2021-12-08 15:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936133480 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936133955 According to Marji, the king was chosen by God. Her rationale behind her thought process is that “her teacher and god said it themselves”, as written on the first page of her schoolbook. Her fathers reaction is almost irritated and thinks it is time to tell her what knows to be the truth. He reacted the way he did, because he knows that this is not true, as the king came into power by overthrowing the emperor and creating a republic. I assume the things written on the first page of the school book are propaganda.]]> 2021-12-08 15:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936133955 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936135350 Mehri is the family maid. She joins the family by being taken by the Satrapis at a young age of 8 then worked for Marji’s family. Mehri views Marji as a younger sister. ]]> 2021-12-08 15:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936135350 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936139655 The veil symbolizes the oppression pushed on her. ]]> 2021-12-08 15:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1936139655 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938498133 3000 prisoners were released.]]> 2021-12-09 15:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938498133 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938499211 Anwar Al-Sadat was the President of Egypt. He offered the Shah refuge because they had been friends for a long time.]]> 2021-12-09 15:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938499211 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938499726 Anoosh abandoned Fereydoon because the Shah's soldiers were closing in on their democratic Provence and he didn't want to go to jail or die. If he stayed to help Fereydoon it would have done no good.]]> 2021-12-09 15:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938499726 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938500734 The Middle East will never have peace as long as there is oil there. Many countries fight over the oil the Middle East has.]]> 2021-12-09 15:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938500734 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938504029 1. People are not their parents actions 
2. don’t do anything to anyone that you wouldn’t want to be done to you. This is like the Golden Rule ]]> 2021-12-09 15:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938504029 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938506698 According to Laly, her father Siamak is on a trip. Marji responds to her friends answer in disbelief and tells her that her father is probably dead, however it turns out he was in prison.]]> 2021-12-09 15:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938506698 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938507033 Marji’s conflict from the beginning of the chapter is that she doesn’t have a revolutionary hero in her life like her friends. Anoosh has a story of his heroism and journey that Marji believes fits that perfectly. The underlying theme of the chapter is about the status and popularity of “revolutionary heroes.”]]> 2021-12-09 15:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938507033 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938508332 Ramon believes his father isn’t a murdered because he killed communists and communists are evil. His comments reflect how children copy things that they hear their parents saying. With his comment the other children feel to need to defend their parents and their origin and upbringing. ]]> 2021-12-09 15:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938508332 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938510835 Anoosh’s father reacted by pretending to not care for 
Anoosh, and becoming mad that he was back. He reacted this way because Anoosh left his father to go start this movement that then failed and led him back to his father.]]> 2021-12-09 15:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938510835 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938516997 The CIA trained them to torture, and taught them well, according to the prisoners.]]> 2021-12-09 15:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938516997 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938517439 According to Marji a hero is someone who stands what they believe in while protecting family.]]> 2021-12-09 15:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938517439 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938529937 He said it is important to tell the family stories so the family memories must not be lost.]]> 2021-12-09 15:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1938529937 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944799072 This means Marji couldn’t get a visa to go see her friend Karen ]]> 2021-12-13 15:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944799072 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944800987 She is angry and wants to do her part to fight ]]> 2021-12-13 15:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944800987 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944801862 2021-12-13 15:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944801862 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944802503 By systematically arresting and and executing their own people. ]]> 2021-12-13 15:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944802503 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944804319 It is saying that the people of Iran are sheep and will do whatever they are commanded to do by there leaders no matter how ludicrous. It is said that they believe everything the media says as well.]]> 2021-12-13 15:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944804319 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944806762 1,4000 years ago and the reason was because they wanted a conflict with Iraq]]> 2021-12-13 15:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944806762 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810292 This way of thinking is summarized by the saying “when a big wave comes, lower your head and let it pass.” This is what Marji’s mother says about what is going on in their lives right now.]]> 2021-12-13 15:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810292 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810339 Resources are very low. ]]> 2021-12-13 15:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810339 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810367 Marji has a violent reaction to the Iraqi Migs bombing Tehran. She believes that her father should join up and fight, and that they need to bomb Baghdad. Her father, however, isn't as enthusiastic to join the fight. He feels like he has no reason to fight, and that all of the pilots are locked up or executed anyway after their coup d'etat.]]> 2021-12-13 15:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944810367 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944813103 Marji’s grandmother tells the officers that she has diabetes and if she doesn’t go upstairs to get syrup, she’ll faint. However, the grandmother and Marji are planning on going upstairs to flush all of the alcohol. They ultimately get rid of the officer by showing him the have no alcohol in their possession.]]> 2021-12-13 15:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944813103 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944815298 When sirens start to go off the aunt with the new born gave the baby to Marji and ran.]]> 2021-12-13 15:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944815298 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944815423 Besides their possessions, something refugee families lost were “everything they had built over a lifetime”. I think this means that they lost a lot of oppporuniy and sense of stability because they don’t have possessions or many valuables.]]> 2021-12-13 15:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944815423 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944821402 The government recruits young boys that are in the poorer areas of Iran. They persuade them by giving them a key that will help them get to heaven if they die in war. Another time this practice has been used is when countries use false propaganda to get citizens to sign up for the military. The image of boys in groups coming off the bus to go fight in the war is disturbing because the government is leading these unknowing boys to there demise.]]> 2021-12-13 15:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944821402 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944822506 They refuse to leave Iran because they think their job opportunities in the United States will only be a taxi driver and a cleaning lady. Their opinion on the people who left is that they will all come back and they are just afraid of change. They also say that they believe the elections were fake but the other people believe them 100%.]]> 2021-12-13 15:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944822506 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944824688 The outcome of the attack of Baghdad is a lose, most of the planes in the mission have not returned.]]> 2021-12-13 15:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1944824688 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947321034 Marji’s mother tries to not get Marji to look at the broken building and lies to her. Marji discovers the truth by seeing the Torquise bracelet that Neda was wearing. It reflects Marji”s anger about the war and it shows her frustration.]]> 2021-12-14 15:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947321034 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947325876 The phone call brought news that Marji’s uncle had another heart attack ]]> 2021-12-14 15:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947325876 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947326653 Imports from the west were banned so they weren’t sure how they were going to get the posters but they end up sewing it into the back of Marji’s father’s coat ]]> 2021-12-14 15:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947326653 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947328214 Their friends and neighbors also are oppressed and beaten. The family fears they will lose their identities. Girls like Marji will not be able to attend school]]> 2021-12-14 15:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947328214 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947328603 The purpose of the Guardians of the Revolution was to keep women in Iran from breaking Islamic rules. When they encounter Marji they question her about her denim jacket and Micheal Jackson button. They say they are going to take her to the headquarters and detain her. Marji bursts out crying and saying her mother will kill her and they take pity on her.]]> 2021-12-14 15:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947328603 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947332280 The cost of his services is the equivalent to $200]]> 2021-12-14 15:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947332280 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947332823 The sirens signified that there is a bomb warning, or as Marji said “three minutes to know if the end had come”. Marji realized for the first time how much danger they were in. This shows anticipation because they have to wait 3 minutes to know where a bomb might go, and that the war is inescapable/dangerous for most people.]]> 2021-12-14 15:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947332823 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947333263 The borders were closed for 3 years between 1980 and 1983.]]> 2021-12-14 15:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947333263 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947336352 The government delegated power by who appeared to be most religious and based on gender as well. At the hospital Marji’s aunt encounter her window washer, but to get into that position of power he just had to grow a beard and out on a suit.]]> 2021-12-14 15:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947336352 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947336621 Marji’s parents decided to send her to Austria. They thought it wold be safer for her since she likes to rebel so much. Marji would also get a much better French education at Austria too. Marji was scared when she learned the news since she was only 14 and moving to a German speaking country.]]> 2021-12-14 15:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947336621 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947339189 Marji's parents received their passports a year after her uncle died when the border reopened. Marji wanted to go on a big trip with her family but her parents told her that they were already going to Turkey just the two of them. So she asked them to bring her back a denim jacket, chocolate, and two posters (Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden)]]> 2021-12-14 15:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947339189 williamdobson https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947340606 This picture represents a mood of change, and of negativity. It is demonstrating the fear and hopelessness of the people in Tehran, who do not trust they can live in their own city safely anymore. Marji's hope lies in her French education, which she can only get in Tehran, therefore she and her family must stay.]]> 2021-12-14 15:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947340606 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947342167 That she will meet a lot of jerks, but that she should just tell herself it is because they are stupid, and that will keep her from reacting to what they say. She says nothing is worse than bitterness and vengeance, and that she should always keep her dignity and stay true to herself.]]> 2021-12-14 15:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947342167 https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947342384 Young boys under the age of 13 because they are forbidden to leave the country at a young age.]]> 2021-12-14 15:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/finneyp/tz9cngopkag2ogfj/wish/1947342384